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Årets pristagare till ett Syd Koreanskt människorätts pris på 50 000 USD kan förmodligen inte komma och hämta sitt pris eftersom han är en av många aktivister som sitter fängslad i Thailand för att ha delat en artikel ifrån BBC på Facebook, han vill naturligtvis gärna komma och hämta sitt pris själv men så är det tveksamt om det blir.
IMPRISONED ACTIVIST MAY MISS AWARDS CEREMONY
Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer
May 7, 2017 12:47 pm
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A undated photo of jailed activist Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa seen in prison. Photo: Sa-nguan Khumrungroj / Courtesy
Bangkok — An anti-junta student activist won the 2017 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights last month, becoming the second Thai to have ever done so.
Jatupat Boonpattaraksa, or Pai Dao Din, was informed about the result last month, for which the award ceremony is scheduled in less than two weeks, on May 18 in Gwangju, South Korea. However, the 26-year-old has been in prison since last last December for sharing a news item critical of the King written by BBC Thai on Facebook and has been repeatedly denied bail for the past 135 days.
“If unfortunately, though, you are not available for it, please inform us of someone who can be your surrogate for the occasion,” wrote The May 18 Memorial Foundation’s International Coordinator Inrae You, in an April to Jatupat. “But we do pray that you are freed soon enough so we see you in person here in Gwangju. If there is anything that we can do to make this happen, please let us know. We will be more than happy to assist you.”
Viboon Boonpattaraksa, Jatupat’s father, said his son has been notified of the award which comes with a gold medal and USD$50,000 cash prize.
“He was happy and said jokingly that he would like to come out [of prison] and travel to receive the award himself,” Viboon said on the phone on Saturday.
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